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2 weeks ago | 
healthbeat.org | Eliza Fawcett
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. Overdose deaths in New York state declined 32% last year, a significant drop that officials and experts attribute to the state’s efforts to expand harm reduction and addiction treatment services. An estimated 4,567 New Yorkers died of a drug overdose in 2024, compared to 6,688 in 2023, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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2 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Michelle Andrews |Eliza Fawcett
NEW YORK - On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors in the mammoth office building bustled with people seeking services or facing legal proceedings at federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the lobby, dozens of people took photos to celebrate becoming U.S. citizens. At the Department of Homeland Security, a man was led off the elevator in handcuffs.
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2 weeks ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Michelle Andrews |Eliza Fawcett
NEW YORK - On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors in the mammoth office building bustled with people seeking services or facing legal proceedings at federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the lobby, dozens of people took photos to celebrate becoming U.S. citizens. At the Department of Homeland Security, a man was led off the elevator in handcuffs.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Michelle Andrews |Eliza Fawcett
The Department of Health and Human Services Region 2 office, located in New York City’s Federal Plaza, is among those the Trump administration is closing. The entrance shows what is now an eerily quiet space.
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2 weeks ago | 
swoknews.com | Michelle Andrews |Eliza Fawcett
NEW YORK — On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors in the mammoth office building bustled with people seeking services or facing legal proceedings at federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the lobby, dozens of people took photos to celebrate becoming U.S. citizens. At the Department of Homeland Security, a man was led off the elevator in handcuffs.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyitem.com | Michelle Andrews |Eliza Fawcett
NEW YORK — On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors in the mammoth office building bustled with people seeking services or facing legal proceedings at federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the lobby, dozens of people took photos to celebrate becoming U.S. citizens. At the Department of Homeland Security, a man was led off the elevator in handcuffs.
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3 weeks ago | 
kffhealthnews.org | Michelle Andrews |Eliza Fawcett
NEW YORK — On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors in the mammoth office building bustled with people seeking services or facing legal proceedings at federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the lobby, dozens of people took photos to celebrate becoming U.S. citizens. At the Department of Homeland Security, a man was led off the elevator in handcuffs.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Eliza Fawcett
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. For Panagiotis Sotiropoulos, a physician assistant, most days bring nosebleeds, ankle sprains, and headaches. There’s diabetes to control and asthma attacks to manage — sometimes so severe they require use of oxygen tanks. To provide all this care, Sotiropoulous isn’t in a hospital or an urgent care facility.
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2 months ago | 
thecity.nyc | Eliza Fawcett
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. The impacts of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ sweeping cuts to public health funding in New York state and New York City have started to come into focus, with wide-ranging consequences for disease surveillance and outbreak response, addiction recovery programs, and mental health services.
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2 months ago | 
thecity.nyc | Eliza Fawcett
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has rescinded hundreds of millions of dollars for public health work across New York City and New York state. The cuts are part of a larger decision by HHS to cancel more than $11.4 billion in CDC grants for local health departments and other recipients.
